Fitzroy Gardens

Fitzroy Gardens
Late afternoon sunlight on the Gardens
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TypeUrban park
LocationMelbourne, Victoria, Australia
Coordinates37°48′45″S 144°58′49″E / 37.8125641°S 144.9803925°E / -37.8125641; 144.9803925
Area26 ha (64 acres)
Opened1848; 176 years ago (1848)
Operated byCity of Melbourne
OpenAll year
StatusOpen
PathsSealed
TerrainFlat
VegetationAustralian Native, Lawns, Non-native traditional gardens
Public transit accessParliament railway station
Tram routes 48, 75
FacilitiesToilets, Drinking Fountains, Seating
Official nameFitzroy Gardens
TypeState Registered Place
DesignatedAugust 26, 1999
Reference no.H1834[1]
Heritage Overlay numberHO883[1]

The Fitzroy Gardens are 26 hectares (64 acres) located on the southeastern edge of the Melbourne central business district in East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The gardens are bounded by Clarendon Street, Albert Street, Lansdowne Street, and Wellington Parade with the Treasury Gardens across Lansdowne street to the west.

The gardens are one of the major Victorian era landscaped gardens in Australia and add to Melbourne's claim to being the garden city of Australia. Set within the gardens are an ornamental lake, a scarred tree, a visitor information centre and cafe, a conservatory, Cooks' Cottage (a house where the parents of James Cook lived, brought from England in the 1930s), tree-lined avenues, a model Tudor village, a band pavilion, a rotunda, the "Fairies' Tree", fountains and sculptures.

  1. ^ a b "Fitzroy Gardens". Victorian Heritage Database. Government of Victoria. Retrieved 9 December 2023.